turn of the screw

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One step in a gradual imposition of restrictions. idiomatic
    — There is every chance that as far as the government's budget cutting goes, the next turn of the screw will see the SRC squeezed, despite the fact that the council has, quite rightly, been spared from the worst of the earlier cuts.

词形变化

turns of the screw plural
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